Packing container



July 23, 1963 w. BIENERT 3,098,559

PACKING CONTAINER Filed NOV- 19, 1958 INVENTOR. WENZEL B/ENEFPT BY WUnited States Patent 3,098,559 PACKING CGNTAINER Wenzel Bienert,Leverkusen, Germany, assignor to Farbenfabriiren BayerAktiengesellschaft, Leverkusen, Germany, a corporation of Germany FiledNov. 19, 1958, Ser. No. 775,062 Claims priority, application GermanyDec. 7, 1957 2 Claims. (Cl. 206-42) The present invention relates to apacking container for articles, such as tablets, dragees, tubes orbottles.

The known packing containers which serve for the reception of articles,such as tablets, dragees, tubes, or bottles and have a rectangularcross-section are generally in the form of printed folding boxes. Thearticles are disposed in a labelled glass tube which is pushed into thebox together with the folded instruction leaflet.

With this customary packing the following manipulations are necessaryfor the removal of an article such as a tablet:

The opening of the folding box, withdrawal of the tube and instructionleaflet, opening of the tube, removal of the tablet, closing of thetube, pushing of .the tube and the instruction leaflet back into thebox, and closing of the folding box.

During these manipulations it is very easy inter alia for the box to bedamaged or the glass to be broken.

These disadvantages are avoided in accordance with this invention by thecombination of the following packing parts:

(a) A rectangular, tubular container of transparent plastic and providedwith a cap, and

(b) A sheet bent about its longitudinal axis and introduced into thiscontainer, the sheet serving as a direct covering for the tablets,dragees or the like.

The insert sheet can be bent into a cylindrical or semicylindricalshape, and may bear printed matter. A folded, sheet-like instructionleaflet can also be inserted into the container together with the insertsheet, though the insert sheet can however act as the printedinstruction leaflet.

Whilst it is true that when using an instruction leaflet, theintroduction into the container of the insert sheet facilitates thewithdrawal of this instruction leaflet from between the covering and thewall of the container, it makes it almost impossible for the instructionleaflet, once it has been pulled out, to be pushed back again into thepacking container between the container wall and the insert sheet. Inaccordance with the invention, the insert sheet is provided on the sidewhich is directed towards the container opening, with a wedge-shapedcut-out to remove this deficiency. The result attained is that thespringy tongue-shaped ends formed as a result of the cutout can veryeasily be bent to a small diameter when it is desired to introduce thesheet-like instruction leaflet into the space between the container walland the insert sheet.

The advantages of this packing consist in a considerable saving in work,because the steps of labelling and packing of glass tubes to be insertedinto the fold-ing boxes are avoided, owing to there being no glass tubeand tube label. In the place of the printed folding box there is thetransparent, rectangular plastic container with cap. This container isnot as liable to damage so readily as the folding box.

For the user there are great simplifications in handling:

To open the packing it is only necessary for the revenue stamp closureat the cap of the plastic container to be removed, the cap to be lifted,tablets removed and the cap replaced again.

If required, the instruction leaflet can be pulled out 3,098,559Patented July 23, 1963 tainer.

In the drawing, embodiments of the subject of the invention arerepresented schematically, FIGURES 1 and 3 being longitudinal sectionsthrough a packing container containing tablets. FIGURE 2 represents across-section through the container according to FIGURE 1, and FIG- URE4 a view of the unrolled insert sheet belonging to the packing containeraccording to FIGURE 3.

In these figures, reference numeral 1 represents the rectangular,tubular container of glass-clear plastic with the cap 2. Referencenumeral 3 represents the bent insert sheet made of plastic, paper or thelike, and which can, for example, the printed with data, such as, thename of the product, the manufacturing firm, and the trademark. Thisinsert sheet 3, which advantageously narrows towards the end which isintroduced, serves as a direct covering for the tablets 4. It isprovided at the end, directed to- Wards the container opening, with awedge-shaped cut-out 7 (FIGURES 3 and 4), by means of which thetongueshaped ends 8 and 9 are formed. These tongue-shaped endsfacilitate the insertion of the instruction leaflet 6.

In the container cap 2 there are tablet holders 5 which are supported,when the cap is closed, on the column of tablets.

I claim:

1. In a packing container arrangement for holding at least one articletherewithin, including a rectangular tubular container of transparentplastic having an opening defined at one end thereof and a cap closingsaid opening, the improvement which comprises an insert sheet bent aboutits longitudinal axis and longitudinally disposed in the packingcontainer in arcuately flexed condition, said sheet being snugly andremovably positioned in flexed tension abutment with three sides of therectangular container and serving to cover directly at least a portionof the article Within the container and serving to separate the articlefrom said three sides of the rectangular container, said insert sheethaving a wedge-shaped cut-Out portion on the side thereof directedtoward the container opening permitting a supplemental insert sheetmeans to be removably inserted between the container and said insertsheet at the wedge/shaped cut-out portion.

2. In a packing container arrangement for holding at least one articletherewith, including a rectangular tubular container of transparentplastic having an opening defined at one end thereof and a cap closingsaid opening, the improvement which comprises an insert sheet bent aboutits longitudinal axis and longitudinally disposed in the packingcontainer in arcuately flexed condition, said sheet being snugly andremovably positioned in flexed tension abutment with three sides of therectangular container and serving to cover directly at least a portionof the article occupying the container and serving to separate thearticle from said three sides of the rectangular container, said insertsheet having a wedgeashaped cut-out portion on the side thereof directedtoward the container opening, and a supplemental insert sheet meansremovably inserted between the container and said insert sheet at thewedge-shaped cutout portion.

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1. IN A PACKING CONTAINER ARRANGEMENT FOR HOLDING AT LEAST ONE ARTICLETHEREWITHIN, INCLUDING A RECTANGUALR TUBULAR CONTAINER OF TRANSPARENTPLASTIC HAVING AN OPENING DEFINED AT ONE END THEREOF AND A CAP CLOSINGSAID OPENING, THE IMPROVEMENT WHICH COMPRISES AN INSERT SHEET BENT ABOUTITS LONGITUDINAL AXIS AND LONGITUDINALLY DISPOSED IN THE PACKINGCONTAINER IN ARCUATELY FLEXED CONDITION, SAID SHEET BEING SNUGLY ANDREMOVABLY POSITIONED IN FLEXED TENSION ABUTMENT WITH THREE SIDES OF THERECTANGULAR CONTAINER AND SERVING TO COVER DIRECTLY AT LEAST A PORTIONOF THE ARTICLE WITHIN THE CONTAINER AND SERVING TO SEPARATE THE ARTICLEFROM SAID THREE SIDES OF THE RECTANGULAR CONTIANER, SAID INSERT SHEETHAVING A WEDGE-SHAPED CUT-OUT PORTION ON THE SIDE THEREOF DIRECTEDTOWARD THE CONTAINER OPENING PERMITTING A SUPPLEMENTAL INSERT SHEETMEANS TO BE REMOVABLY INSERTED BETWEEN THE CONTAINER AND SAID INSERTSHEET AT THE WEDGE-SHAPED CUT-OUT PORTION.